After 5th round games grandmasters came to the press centre and answered to the journalist’s questions. Batkhuyag Munguntuul – Zhao Xue. 1/2 – 1/2 Spanish opening was played, 7…Bg4 leaded only to inverted move-order of the main line. During the shift from opening to middlegame White preserved their advantage, so just before endgame Black sacrificed […]
Day off at the WGP report
Day off at the tournamentWednesday, 04 August 2010http://ulaanbaatar2010.fide.com On Tuesday, 3rd of August, the participants of 5th Women’s 2010 FIDE Grand Prix in Ulaanbaatar had a rest day. They have spent it having visited the companies which have supported the tournament. Participants and organizers of tournament have expressed their gratitude to a management of companies, […]
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Former women’s world champion Zhu Chen Round 5 results: SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 3 WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2235 0 – 1 WGM Shen Yang 2435 12 4 GM Hou Yifan 2577 1 – 0 GM Sebag Marie 2519 2 5 GM Zhu Chen 2476 ½ – ½ GM Koneru Humpy 2600 […]
LIVE games from Women’s Grand Prix
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Women’s GP round 4 report
Zhao Xue – Chiburdanidze Maia. 1 – 0 English opening with White double Fianchetto has appeared in the game. White made an interesting move 13.Kc4. A precarious situation developed in the middlegame, which enabled Black to shift into endgame with advantage. However, Black misjudged White’s counterattack and gave possibilities to White to threaten with checkmate […]
LIVE games from Women’s Grand Prix
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Interview with Women’s Grandmaster Shen Yang
Interview with Women’s Grandmaster Shen Yanghttp://ulaanbaatar2010.fide.com Question: Yang, could you tell about yourself? Yang: I was born in Nanjing, now I live in the capital of China – Beijing. When I was 8, my father brought me to a chess center in Nanjing. There were three kinds of chess: Chinese chess, chess and I-go. We […]
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Standings after 3 rounds: Rank Name Rtg FED Pts 1 Zhao Xue 2462 CHN 2½ 2 Koneru Humpy 2600 IND 2½ 3 Hou Yifan 2577 CHN 2 4 Chiburdanidze Maia 2514 GEO 2 5 Kosintseva Tatiana 2562 RUS 2 6 Stefanova Antoaneta 2560 BUL 2 7 Xu Yuhua 2488 CHN 1½ 8 Sebag Marie 2519 […]
Women’s GP round 3
Round 3 results: Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg GM Sebag Marie 2519 1/2 WGM Shen Yang 2435 WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2235 1/2 GM Koneru Humpy 2600 GM Hou Yifan 2577 1-0 GM Xu Yuhua 2488 GM Zhu Chen 2476 0-1 GM Zhao Xue 2462 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2514 1/2 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2562 IM […]
Women’s GP round 2 report
http://ulaanbaatar2010.fide.com After each game of the FIDE Grand Pix in Ulaanbaatar all the participants visit the press conferences and answer the questions of journalists. Humpy Koneru – Marie Sebag. 1-0 Antimeran variation of Slav defense was developed. White left their King in center, won a pawn and started to play active. Black responded with sharp […]